Academic calendar
Academic year 2016/2017
Arrival at the Halls of Residence | September 10-11, 2016 |
Orientation week for the winter semester | September 12–September 16, 2016
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Winter semester beginning | September 19, 2016* |
Winter semester ending | December 23, 2016* |
Christmas break | December 24, 2015- January 1, 2017 |
Examination period beginning* | January 2, 2017 |
Examination period ending | February 10, 2017 |
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Summer semester beginning | February 13, 2017* |
Summer semester ending
| May 12, 2017
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Examination period beginning * | May 15, 2017 |
Examination period ending | September 4, 2017 |
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* With approval from respective departments, students can take examinations also before the official examination period.
Detailed Academic year 2016/2017
The 2016-2017 academic year commences on September 1, 2016 and concludes on August 31, 2017
Winter semester
Teaching within the winter semester takes 13 weeks
Starts: September 19, 2016
Christmas holidays are on from December 24, 2016 until January 1, 2017
Summer semester
Teaching within the summer semester takes 13 weeks
Sports Days UP 10 May 2017, 28. September 2017
Examination period:
The student must complete the individual course in the academic year or study unit he/she entered the course in no later than as per the below specified deadline:
Palacký University Open Day: 21. January 2017
National holidays (offices closed):
September 28 (Wednesday in 2016) – observed in honour of St. Wenceslas
October 28 (Friday in 2016) – Proclamation of the Czechoslovak Republic
November 17 (Thursday in 2016) – Fighting for Freedom and Democracy Day
December 24, 25 and 26 (Saturday – Monday in 2016) - Christmas
January 1 (Sunday in 2017) – New Year‘s Day
May 1 (Monday in 2017) – Labour Day
May 8 (Monday in 2017) – Liberation Day
July 5 (Wednesday in 2017) – observed in honour of the Slavonic Apostles Cyril and Methodius
July 6 (Thursday in 2017) – observed in honour of Jan Hus, the Czech religious reformer
